China said that by the end of this year all tertiary level hospitals must offer epidural anesthesia during childbirth, a move ...

The country began piloting the expansion of childbirth anesthesia at 912 hospitals across 30 provincial-level regions in 2018. At those hospitals, the prevalence of pain relief use rose from 27.5 ...

With only 30 per cent of Chinese women currently receiving pain relief during labour, China moves to close the gap and make ...

Authorities said the move would help promote a "friendly childbearing environment" for women. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China’s health policy makers are seeking to expand access to epidurals, spinal blocks, and other forms of labour analgesia in a country where officials say that seven in 10 vaginal deliveries take ...

In 2018, China launched a national pilot program to promote labor pain relief, participated in by more than 900 hospitals. As ...

China is grappling with a sharp demographic shift after its population declined for the third straight year in 2024.

the unmedicated birth experience that I'd hoped for slowly began to unravel. When the epidural was offered late into labor, I didn't think I had a choice but to take it Hours after I was admitted ...

Researchers have found in a new study that Epidural analgesia is not directly linked to increased postpartum blood loss. However, it is more commonly used in high-risk obstetric cases, which ...

China is mandating epidurals in all tertiary hospitals by the year-end to promote a more friendly childbearing environment for women.